The long knives are out for Liz Cheney within the GOP, but does ousting this meddlesome priest from her role in leadership really serve Republican interests ahead of the 2022 midterms? And Joe Biden supposedly revamps his vaccine strategy, but his statements make it plain that the administration has no idea what to do about declining demand for inoculations. Source
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Few take Cinco de Mayo seriously. For many of us, today is about restaurant specials on nachos and margaritas. Too many white people wearing sombreros and fake mustaches. But for Axios reporter Russell Contreras, May 5 takes him back to growing up in Houston, where a forgotten riot over the police death of a Mexican American in 1978 turned Cinco de Mayo from farce to reflection. He talks about the forgotten, radical roots of the holiday loved by few and celebrated mostly with drinko.
Stepping up efforts to fight vaccine hesitancy. The birth rate falls to its lowest level since 1979. Announcement expected on whether Donald Trump can again use Facebook. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
We've been talking a lot about COVID in the US. Now, we want to look at how things are going in some other countries. NPR's correspondents — Jason Beaubien, Phil Reeves, and Anthony Kuhn — talk with Morning Edition's Noel King about why most of the world is struggling to get even a small percentage of their population vaccinated.
Have questions about the latest coronavirus headlines? Email us at shortwave@npr.org and we might cover it on a future episode.
In 1173, the Italian city of Pisa was on top of the world. They were a significant commercial power in Italy, commanded a sizable Mediterranean fleet, and wanted to demonstrate their power to the world.
It had built a marvelous cathedral, and comparable baptistry and they decided to complete the complex by building a bell tower.
However, that didn’t quite go as planned.
Learn more about the Leaning Tower of Pisa on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
Today another state will enact a “permitless carry” law—no licence, checks or training required. We ask why states’ loosening of safeguards fails to reflect public sentiment. Brexit has supercharged Scottish nationalism, and this week’s elections may pave the way to another independence referendum. And a long-forgotten coffee species may weather the climate-change era.
West Virginia was - and still is - decimated by the opioid addiction crisis. Now, one county is fighting to hold drug distributors accountable and get treatment for its residents.
Guest: Eric Eyer, senior investigative reporter at Mountain State Spotlight.
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Ferrari doesn’t want to dilute its brand, so it whipped up a (literally) hidden profit puppy. Bitcoin’s dropping, Dogecoin’s surging, but Ethereum is now the most actively used crypto of them all. And Pfizer revealed a shocking ~$1B profit in the vaccine, but it’s all because of its First & Fancy strategy.
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